Kim Johnson

Kim Johnson is a thinker and a filmmaker. She has been a producer and documentary filmmaker for over 20 years. Her collaborative, naturalistic production approach sets her subjects at ease and results in films that convey poignant information, fresh thinking, and incisive observations which resonate powerfully with viewers.

After receiving her BA from Duke University and MA from Stanford University in documentary film production, Kim’s career has included working as an ethnographic filmmaker/strategist for Interval Research, founded by Paul Allen of Microsoft as well as in television at CNN, BBC, PBS, and NBC Sports on a variety of international productions, including an Emmy-nominated film on Mt. Everest, with blind climber, Erik Weihenmayer, and team.

Kim has extensive agency experience as senior producer and filmmaker at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, where she applied her engaging filmmaking approach to qualitative market research projects for clients including Microsoft, Domino’s, Volkswagen, Best Buy and Coca Cola. Her most recent project portfolio includes Do Good Foods, Al Gore’s Climate Reality and Google Food Labs and other clients in the health and wellness industries where Kim is continually working to capture relevant topics and communicate meaningful issues in the natural products industry development and growth.

Kim recently moved back to Minneapolis after living in Boulder, CO, for over 20 years and enjoys time at her cabin in Northern Minnesota. She is also a part-time teacher at Creative Arts Secondary School and is a big proponent of the arts and an outdoors enthusiast.